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Date Sent: 2014-06-28
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Friday, June 27, 2014 |
Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova sign trade and economic pact with EU
Grid Power's Developing Decline -- Cheese Regulatory Wars --
Military Strikes Hit Iraq - Or Was it Syria? -- 06-27-14 -- Lauren
Canario, Jim Johnson - Scott Bieser - Tarrin Lupo - Josie the
Outlaw - Tom Hunt -- Thousands flee Ukraine for Russia;
truce nears end -- Lawsuit: We Threw Out $1M Lotto Ticket -- Red
Cross Calls Sandy Spending 'Trade Secret' -- Vancouver
shelter-benches show up London's 'anti-homeless' spikes -- North
Korean restaurants springing up around Asia to raise money for
regime -- Ukraine set to sign EU pact that sparked revolution
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More than 40 MILLION Americans can't afford their homes --
About That Creepy Biometric Database, FBI, We'd Like to Know a Bit
More --
The Supreme Court's Powerful New Consensus -- If You Were
An Iraq War Critic, You're Probably Not Being Asked To Go On TV -- Exclusive:
Inside the Other Bergdahl Negotiations -- Newspapers That
Aren't Dying -- Susie Madrak: At What Point Do We Shoot The Gun
Nuts? -- Medical Marijuana Farmers Market to Open in L.A. --
Texas Congressmen Introduce Bill Offering $1 M for IRS Emails -- Saudi
Arabia's Armed Forces on High Alert as ISIS Approaches -- How
A House Holy War Over 'Corporate Welfare' May Shut Down The
Government -- Legal Pot in Colorado Is Booming, but Early
Estimates of Tax Profits Were Way Off -- Gitmo Judge Won't
Relent on CIA 'Black Site' Order -- Intel, Ford: Project Mobii
will harpoon unsafe, unauthorized drivers -- "My Credit Score
Is Terrible...I'm Surprised They'd Give Me So Much [Credit]" -- The
U.S. Navy is quietly building a big, secretive special operations
'mothership' -- Arkansas Republican resigns after saying
Clinton could 'get shot' -- Regional SWAT squad claims it is a
private organization, not subject to public records law --
ICLOAK Creates Revolutionary Way To Take Privacy Into Your Own Hands
-- Detroit Needs Residents, but Sends Some Packing
AZ: Market Closures for the Summer ~ Veggie List 6/28/14 ~ Fund
Raiser Dinner Tickets
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova sign trade and economic pact with EU
06-27-2014
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ap
Ukraine's new president signed a trade and economic pact with the European Union on Friday, pushing his troubled country closer into a European orbit and angering Russia, which warned of unspecified consequences.
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Opinion • Activism
(They) We Just Don't Get It
06-27-2014
Paul Rosenberg
We have grossly underestimated the kind fight we're in. We thought it was about economics and politics, but it's much more than that. What we're really fighting is idolatry. If that doesn't make sense to you initially, I can't blame you, but allow me
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News Link • Bitcoin
This Family is Road Tripping Using Only Bitcoin
06-27-2014
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Yahoo.Com
Each June, John Bush packs up his family truckster (a Honda Odyssey) and drives with his wife, Catherine Bleish, and two young children from San Marcos, Texas to the Porcupine Freedom Festival in Lancaster, New Hampshire. This year, Bush decided to d
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Grid Power's Developing Decline
06-27-2014
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arclein
Right now, the cost of such systems â€" about $0.22/kWh is only competitive with retail electricity in Hawaii â€" the cost of vanilla electricity in California is $0.15/kWh. Barclays says Tesla has single-handedly brought down the cost of batteries over
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News Link • Science
DNA Sequencing Diagnoses Boy's Mysterious Bacterial Disease
06-27-2014
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arclein
n this case, 14-year-old Joshua Osborn fell seriously ill in the summer of 2013. Fluid collected in his brain and he had serious seizures. Yet all of the tests doctors gave him didn't found any traces of fungi, bacteria or viruses, the doctors repor
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Researchers Create Flexible Wires that could Double as Batteries
06-27-2014
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arclein
The team first started by growing a layer of nanowhiskers from insulating copper oxide on an outer layer of a single copper wire. They then treated those whiskers with a gold-palladium alloy, before finally depositing an electrochemically active coa
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News Link • Agriculture
Cheese Regulatory Wars
06-27-2014
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arclein
The FDA put at least one New York cheese maker out of business for "a 'repeat violation' involving aging cheese on wood," but the Agency now says that this is not the FDA's "official policy."
When New York's Department of Agriculture an
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Private Issue Global Gold Money Revealed
06-26-2014
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Next News Network
Why wait for governments when the Free Market can fix the currency crisis itself? Dan Girolmo, a Karatbars Gold Director Elite joins Gary Franchi to roll out the worlds first private issue international Gold Money. Get your own Karatbar account right
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News Link • Transportation
Toyota to Introduce Hydrogen Powered Car
06-26-2014
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Next News Network
Toyota has just announced they will be offering a new hydrogen-powered automobile in the next year. The vehicle will be available for sale in the United States, Japan and Europe.
The Toyota FCV sedan will go on sale in Japan in April 2015, and wi
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Military Strikes Hit Iraq - Or Was it Syria?
06-26-2014
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Next News Network
Conflicting reports say the Syrian military struck at ISIS forces, fighting the government of Iraq. However, the news from Damascus is uncertain whether the attacks took place in Iraq or Syria.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted in th
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News Link • Economy - International
True Impact of the World Cup - with Maria Luisa Mendonca
06-26-2014
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Next News Network
Much of the world is focused on the World Cup games currently going on in Brazil. With that, attention is also turning to the effects the games are having on the nation. Some of this notice is centered on the organization managing the games.
The
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Market Closures for the Summer ~ Veggie List 6/28/14 ~ Fund Raiser Dinner Tickets
06-27-2014
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Tonopah Rob
It's been a fantastic growing season. Even though the farm was invaded with swarms of Blister Beetles, Aphid and Bagrada Bugs, it held its own and survived the invasions. The farm produced well over 100,000 pounds of fruits, veggies, eggs, honey an
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
30 Signs That You're One of Those "Crazy Preppers"
06-27-2014
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activistpost.com
With all the recent talk in the news about "Doomsday Preppers" and the demonization in the media, you have to be aware that you're considered a little….different.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Thousands flee Ukraine for Russia; truce nears end
06-27-2014
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AP
Thousands of Ukrainians in cars stuffed with belongings lined up Thursday at the eastern border to cross into Russia, with some saying they felt betrayed by their government and vowing never to return.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Red Cross Calls Sandy Spending 'Trade Secret'
06-27-2014
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newser.com
The Red Cross raised more than $300 million for Superstorm Sandy disaster relief, but it is refusing to say how it raised or spent the cash.
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News Link • How to Help
Vancouver shelter-benches show up London's 'anti-homeless' spikes ..
06-27-2014
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independent.co.uk
The benches offer shelter from the Vancouver rain - and advice about where to seek more long-term help
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
North Korean restaurants springing up around Asia to raise money for regime
06-27-2014
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theguardian.com
Experts say waitresses staffing an estimated 100 branches of Pyongyang chain are confined to compounds to prevent escape
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News Link • European Union
Ukraine set to sign EU pact that sparked revolution
06-27-2014
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theguardian.com
Kiev to sign association agreement with European Union, which Viktor Yanukovych backed away from in November
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
More than 40 MILLION Americans can;t afford their homes ...
06-27-2014
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dailymail.co.uk
35.3 per cent of American households spend more than 30 per cent of their income on rent, a proportion that is considered unaffordable
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News Link • Surveillance
About That Creepy Biometric Database, FBI, We'd Like to Know a Bit More
06-27-2014
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reason.com
The FBI's facial recognition database, into which it wants to put 52 million of our mugs by the end of 2015, is only part of its larger Next Generation Identification (NGI) program.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
If You Were An Iraq War Critic, You're Probably Not Being Asked To Go On TV
06-27-2014
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huffingtonpost.com
Kent Conrad's phone hasn't been ringing very much over the past few weeks, as Iraq, and the debate over America's future in the country, has once again dominated the news.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Exclusive: Inside the Other Bergdahl Negotiations
06-27-2014
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buzzfeed.com
A private $10 million cash ransom deal was in the works before the five Gitmo prisoners were handed over.
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News Link • Media: Print
Newspapers That Aren't Dying
06-27-2014
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theatlantic.com
A look at New York City's other media industry: immigrant presses, where print advertising still brings in substantial revenue, and readers keep subscribing.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Susie Madrak: At What Point Do We Shoot The Gun Nuts?
06-27-2014
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thetruthaboutguns.com
Note: the headline at the top of this post is mine. The headline above Ms. Madrak's polemic at crooksandliars.com is So At What Point Do We Actually Stand Up to the Gun Nuts?
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Brazilian helicopter caught spying on Chile training
06-27-2014
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goal.com
Thursday's session was halted by coach Jorge Sampaoli to stop the hosts' national broadcaster from transmitting live images of their preparations for Saturday's last-16 clash
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Medical Marijuana Farmers Market to Open in L.A.
06-27-2014
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hollywoodreporter.com
The world's first such opportunity for patients and growers to interact and build relationships will take place over Independence Day weekend.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Texas Congressmen Introduce Bill Offering $1 M for IRS Emails
06-27-2014
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http://www.breitbart.com, by Kristin Tate
Texas Congressmen Louie Gohmert and Bill Flores introduced legislation that offers a $1 million reward for any individual who can recover former IRS director Lois Lerner's "lost" emails.
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News Link • World News
World View: Saudi Arabia's Armed Forces on High Alert as ISIS Approaches
06-27-2014
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http://www.breitbart.com, by John J. Xenakis
Assad struck at positions held by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) along the border between Syria and Iraq. Maliki:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
How A House Holy War Over 'Corporate Welfare' May Shut Down The Government
06-27-2014
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com, Zach Carter
Congress is gearing up for another government shutdown, this time over a minor federal agency that most Americans have never heard of: the Export-Import Bank.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TAXES: State
Legal Pot in Colorado Is Booming, but Early Estimates of Tax Profits Were Way Off
06-27-2014
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http://news.yahoo.com, By Solvej Schou
The first half of this year has passed in, well, a haze of smoke for Colorado.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Guantanamo Bay
Gitmo Judge Won't Relent on CIA 'Black Site' Order
06-27-2014
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http://www.military.com, by Carol Rosenberg
A military judge isn't backing down from his order to the U.S. government to give defense lawyers details of the accused USS Cole bomber's odyssey through the CIA's secret prisons, but may let prosecutors shield the identities of some agents, accordi
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Intel, Ford: Project Mobii will harpoon unsafe, unauthorized drivers
06-27-2014
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http://www.theregister.co.uk, By Rik Myslewski
Mobile Interior Imaging cameras know who you are, Ahab
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Send Bitcoin or we'll hate-spam you on Yelp, say crims
06-27-2014
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http://www.theregister.co.uk, By Darren Pauli
Extortion letters demand cryptocurrency from pizza parlours
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
"My Credit Score Is Terrible...I'm Surprised They'd Give Me So Much [Credit]"
06-27-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden
"Even though [those borrowers] could be considered subprime, they're still creditworthy," is the deja-vu all over again message from the Financial Services Roundtable, who proudly crow, they are "starting to see an environment where issuers are feeli
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
The U.S. Navy is quietly building a big, secretive special operations 'mothership'
06-27-2014
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http://theweek.com,
Will commandos get jet skis? Oh yes.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Airbus X3 Poised to Change the Helicopter Industry [Video]
06-27-2014
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https://autos.yahoo.com, By George Kennedy
In the world of aeronautical developments that have taken a while to pan out, the most notable is always the flying car.
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News Link • Political Parties
Arkansas Republican resigns after saying Clinton could 'get shot'
06-27-2014
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http://news.yahoo.com, By Steve Barnes
An Arkansas Republican official has resigned after telling a magazine former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would "probably get shot" if she returned to the state where she was a lawyer and served as first lady, officials said on Thursday.
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News Link • Police State
Regional SWAT squad claims it is a private organization, not subject to public records law
06-27-2014
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http://thefreethoughtproject.com, PivacySOS.org
Today the ACLU released a major report, tracking the militarization of the police in the United States.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
ICLOAK Creates Revolutionary Way To Take Privacy Into Your Own Hands
06-27-2014
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http://benswann.com, By: Ben Swann
In this era of government spying, some are asking, "Where is the free market solution?"
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Detroit Needs Residents, but Sends Some Packing
06-27-2014
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http://www.nytimes.com, By MONICA DAVEY
Ronald Ford Jr. has watched neighbors move away and brick houses on his family's block crumble to nothing, but he says he wants to stay put and give a chance to city leaders who now promise a renaissance.
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News Link • World News
Kerry tells Russia to disarm Ukraine separatists 'in hours'
06-26-2014
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Reuters
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Russia on Thursday to disarm separatists in Ukraine within "the next hours" as the European Union prepared to discuss deeper sanctions against Moscow.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Supremes Unanimously: Obama Violated Constitution In Recess Appointments
06-26-2014
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Jonathan Turley
Obama had argued the Senate was on an extended holiday and the brief sessions it held every 3 days â€" what lawmakers call "pro forma" â€" were a sham that was intended to prevent him from filling seats on the NLRB.
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Feature Article • Foreign Policy
Dick Cheney's Outrageous Statements
Ivan Eland
Unbelievably, former Vice President Dick Cheney, after being wrong on every foreign policy issue for more than a decade, has again crawled out of his Wyoming cave and begun outrageously sniping at Barack Obama's performance in foreign policy.
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News Link • Corruption
EPA joins IRS lost emails club
06-26-2014
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Politico.com
Move over, IRS â€" now the EPA is having its own problems with missing emails.
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News Link • Police State
Oregon Judge Grounds the Federal No-Fly Listâ€"and It's High Time
06-26-2014
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Dean Obeidallah, Daily Beast
A federal judge has said what a lot of us have known all alongâ€"this no-fly list is like something out of the old Soviet Union.
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News Link • Police State
FBI Raids Home of Dangerous Doomsday Prepper: Agents Find Legally Owned Firearms, Barrels of Food
06-26-2014
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dcclothesline.com
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies blasted alerts all over the country last week advising Americans to be on the lookout for 'Doomsday Prepper' Martin Winters, who police say was stockpiling over fifty "high powere
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News Link • Police State
This Cop Was So Busy Harassing the Man Filming Him, He Let the Suspect Escape!
06-26-2014
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thefreethoughtproject.com
"You're impeding with my investigation by causing me to come over here right now."
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News Link • Books
The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1% - ex CIA spy
06-26-2014
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theguardian.com
The man who trained more than 66 countries in open source methods calls for re-invention of intelligence to re-engineer Earth
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
How Barclays Got Caught Red-Handed With "Pernicious HFT Fraud"
06-26-2014
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zerohedge.com
First it was gold, now it is HFT - poor Barclays just can't get away with any market rigging crime these days.
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News Link • Iraq
Baghdad May Lose Its Drinking Water As ISIS Approaches Second Largest Dam
06-26-2014
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zerohedge.com
Against a background of having lost control of all western border crossings, Iraqi officials are concerned that ISIS fighters are advancing on the Haditha Dam, the second-largest in Iraq.
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News Link • Dollar Meltdown The
'America Has Ceased to Exist': Investment Guru Doug Casey on the Coming Economic Meltdown
06-26-2014
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reason.com
"America is a marvelous idea, a unique idea, fantastic idea. I'm extremely pro-American. But America has ceased to exist," declares Doug Casey, an economist and author most recently of Right on the Money.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Report: WND Founder And Birther Leader Stopped At Airport With Loaded Gun
06-26-2014
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talkingpointsmemo.com
Joseph Farah, the co-founder of the conservative website now known as WND and one of the guiding lights of the birther movement, was caught by TSA agents at Dulles International Airport on Sunday with a loaded .38-caliber revolver ....
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Predicting crime, LAPD-style
06-26-2014
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http://www.theguardian.com, Nate Berg
Cutting edge data-driven analysis directs Los Angeles patrol officers to likely future crime scenes â€" but critics worry that decision-making by machine will bring 'tyranny of the algorithm'
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News Link • Activism
D.C. Cab Drivers Choke Streets To Protest Rideshare Companies
06-26-2014
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washington.cbslocal.com
D.C. cab drivers blared their horns and blocked traffic for blocks near the city's municipal office building Wednesday to protest rideshare companies like Lyft and Uber.
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